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Christie Was ‘Very Restrained,’ Did Not Dump His Nachos On That Guy At The Ball Game

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he showed restraint by not dumping his nachos onto a spectator during a tense moment at a baseball game Sunday.

“For those of you who know me, I was very restrained,” Christie said at a Wednesday news conference in Trenton, Politico reports. “I didn’t dump the nachos on him or anything, which I think was an option.”

Christie was caught on cellphone video berating fellow baseball fan Brad Joseph during a Brewers game at Miller Park in Milwaukee Sunday afternoon.

“When [Christie] initially was going up the stairs I yelled his name,” Joseph told WISN. “He was quite a bit past me, and 30 feet away. I yelled his name and told him that he sucked.”

As Christie returned, Joseph called him a hypocrite because he “thought it needed to be said.” Christie “turned around back towards me and got in my face for what seemed like a long time, but was probably only about 30 seconds or a minute,” Joseph said.

Christie explained that he was just there to enjoy the game with his son, and the double insult was too much.

“You get one shot to call me a name or curse me out. And I gave him that first shot to do that, but when you go at it a second time, you’re going to get a response,” Christie said. “When I’m at a baseball game with my son on a Sunday afternoon, I do have a right to sit there and enjoy the game.”

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